Analysing hierarchically-structured fitness and modular dynamics in plants: Integration of concepts from population dynamics

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-129

  López, Francisco ^a   Fungairiño, Sara G ^a   Serrano, José M ^a   De Las Heras, Paloma ^a   Acosta, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fitness; Hierarchical fitness; Modular demography; Reproductive effort; Retama sphaerocarpa

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0036032648     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00027     Document Type: Article

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